A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are some images from the
Carlos Pellicer Museum, the state of Tabasco's regional anthropology
museum.
Featuring
ancient Olmec and Maya Art and Sculpture
Examples
of detailed photographs of were-jaguar deity, the Night Sun god of the
Classic Maya of ancient Mexico.
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ceramic lid for an incense burner. |
A dozen of these fired clay statues were found
in a cave where the 7th century Maya used these for religious rituals.
The Maya consider caves as the entrance to the Underworld.
Photographed with the specific permission of
the Tabasco Institute of Culture and the Head of Museums for the State
of Tabasco. Used on the Internet also with specific permission of the
Carlos Pellicer Museum, CICOM, Villahermosa,Tabasco. Copyrighted both
for the image and for the other use on the Web.
Image
Menu (each
of these images are links)
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